First thoughts on IndiGo domestic network at NMI (Part 1) Indigo has indicated that they will have 65 daily domestic departures from NMI by mid November & over 85 by March. Building on the Middle East connectivity hypothesis, it is likely that they will ensure full connectivity

Air India adds 6th daily Delhi Kathmandu flight from 7th July AI 2231 DEL 2100 KTM 2300 AI 2232 KTM 0630 DEL 0815 A320 neo operating, daily

Air India adds 2nd daily DEL CMB from 7th July AI 277 DEL 0325 CMB 0720 AI 281 DEL 1215 CMB 1605 AI 282 CMB 0820 DEL 1155 AI 278 CMB 1705 DEL 2045 Both daily, A321 operating With this, AI moves MAA CMB MAA to a new slot AI 273 MAA 0015 CMB 0140 AI 274 CMB 0240 MAA 0400 Daily

From 30th June, IndiGo moves its DEL BKK service to a 321 equipped with Stretch thus ensuring continuity of its premium offering even though the 789 moves off. This is likely the first 321 stretch deployment in international

From 1st July to 20th September Indigo reduces MAA SIN from 3 to 2 daily and BLR SIN from 2 to 1 daily (BLRSIN 2nd resumes 11th September)

IndiGo cuts 3rd daily BOMDOH from 31st July. Looks to be gone for good. Might be given the timing (935 am dep, 820 pm arrival at BOM) of the cut flight that the slot is being used for the TBS/TAS flights starting August 1

Mid season update : Top gateways for international flights by Indian carriers With the recent additions and cancelllations by Indian carriers, it’s time to take a look at the top gateways for international flights (by way of daily departures) by Indian carriers in the last week

Mid season update : Turbulence ahead with Domestic decline ? Let’s look at the data for domestic departures in the top 20 cities for the last week of July with same time period last year for Indigo, Air India group and Akasa. For the first time after Covid, we now see a decline

IndiGo moves BOM BKK from 25th July to double daily 321 service with Stretch making this the second route after DEL BKK with the Stretch product

IX changes at BLR hub effective September - highlight is the retimings across the network with the formation of 3 clear departure banks ex BLR to expand domestic transits 0500-0900 departures to south (MAA, VGA, VTZ, HYD, TRZ, TRV, COK, CCJ, IXE, GOI) 1200-1500 departures to non

IX route changes for September (likely transitory) Cancellations 1x daily CCU JAI 1x daily CCU VNS 1x daily MAA TRZ 1x daily HYD IDR 1x daily HYD IXR 1x daily MAA VNS 1x daily JAI VNS Additions (non BLR) HYD GAU 1x daily MAA IXB 1x daily CCU IXA from 2x to 3x daily (for pujo)

Air India and Air India express have put on sale additional flights for Festive season (Durga puja / Dussehra) to CCU from DEL, BOM, HYD and BLR and to IXB from DEL. Flights on sale from September 15 to 30

Air India adds 2x daily DEL BLR DEL (total 20x daily) from September 1. From same day IX withdraws from this sector (3x daily in August). New departures at 1045 am and 625 am from DEL, 215 PM & 1030 PM from BLR

Air India express continues to add to its BLR hub with frequency increases from 1st October Additions include a 3rd daily flight each to Lucknow (LKO) in the morning, Varanasi (VNS) in the evening, Chennai (MAA) in the evening and 2nd daily to Vizag (VTZ) evening flight. IX moves